About Course #B4221

Expiration Date: December 31, 2021

Bullying presents a danger to the bully, the victim, and bystanders. The impact of bullying on victims includes significantly increased risks of suicide, homicidal ideation, self-injury, depression, acute stress disorder or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and violence. Bystanders experience negative effects from witnessing bullying and bullies are also impacted psychologically by their own aggression.

This basic-level course provides an overview of current bullying research, including its prevalence and impact in schools and work places and its effects on victims, bystanders, and bullies. You will learn the types of bullying a victim may experience including direct and indirect bullying in the forms of verbal and physical aggression, cyberbullying, sexual bullying, and relational aggression. Types of bullying that are specific to the work place such as threatening a victim's job security are area presented. To help learners understand why bullying occurs, theoretical models such as attribution theory, dominance theory, and ecological theory are discussed.

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Courses must be completed on or before the expiration date noted in the course description above.

You must score 75% or higher on the final exam and complete the course evaluation to pass this course and receive a certificate of completion.

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